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On 21/01/2009 23:44, james kilty wrote: > On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 20:50 +0000, Rob Beard wrote: > > >> Um... as far as I'm aware the IE Tab in Firefox actually emtbeds >> Internet Explorer into Firefox so it's probably little help. >> > That's why I am asking. If that is the case, it will have all the > vulnerabilities and she might just as well use IE as it now seems like > an illusion she is using FF. Though I might keep quiet about this....not > sure. > Yup. Wouldn't be so bad if the charity used a different system for webmail. Not sure if any of the GPL'd webmail systems could link in with Exchange via IMAP. >> It's >> certainly a good idea to be running an up to date decent anti-virus >> program. AVG isn't too bad although if it's for business or charity use >> then you'd need a licensed version (about £30 or so). >> > She has a licensed version on her desktop and a free version on her > laptop. As she uses it for work, I may argue the Charity should pay. > Well technically they should. It's not much and AFAIK charities and educational establishments get a discount. >> Is there any >> reason why she can't use Firefox for everything? >> > Only the inconvenience of it being a different display for OWA. > >> Outlook Web Access should work under Firefox, it just uses a slightly >> more basic version, at least on the older versions of Exchange. >> > Yes - it does work. > >> Oh by the way, try avoiding things like MyWebSearch, FunWebProducts etc >> as they're plagued with ad-ware. >> > She now realises this - a search gave me a lot of info to tell her! At > least we managed to remove it after several goes (Spybot did two passes > - one in safe mode and left FWP which then AdAware removed.) > Is the laptop owned by the charity or by your wife? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html